Paradise

A/N: Hi! This is a new ff that I'm writing and even when I know that I shouldn't be starting a new one when I haven't finished my other story I just came up with this idea and well… decided to do it anyway.

Here there are some things that maybe you should know about this fic before you start reading:

*English is not my first language, so I'd really appreciate if you helped me with my grammar mistakes. Especially with prepositions (those bitches)

*This is a NaruHina, but they are not the main couple here, although Hinata is one of the main characters. Other secondary couples that you'll find are ShikaTema and SasuSaku. And maybe just a few hints of SuiKarin.

*The protagonists of this story are Tayuya and Hidan. If you're wondering why I chose these two minor characters as the main charas, well, it's because I think they're awesome and their awesome personalities weren't appreciated in the manga or anime, so… that's what fan fiction was created for, right?

Let's start! I hope you enjoy it!

1

Her legs were shaking and her chest was going up and down violently with each breath she took. She couldn't stop looking at the huge sing with pink letters that read "Paradise" and wondered if she was ready to go inside. Hinata had studied dance during her entire life but she had never expected to end up in a strip club. Her life choices had separated from her family in the past, when she decided to pursue her dreams and not continue with a traditional career as her father wanted. But after she finished school, she realized her father had been certainly right. There was no job for dancers. It was incredibly difficult to enter the show business, she sure was beautiful but she did not have the personality. Therefore, when she received her first offer she took it, with no hesitation.

And there she was, looking at the sign with horror in her eyes, wondering whether she should get in or walk away.

"Hello!" A blond girl came out of the club and ran towards Hinata with a bright smile on her face. She was beautiful as well. Her hair was long and silky and tied up in a pony tail. "You must be the new girl! This is so exciting! Mama Tsunade can't wait to see you!"

Hinata didn't even have a chance to say anything. The blond girl just grabbed her arm and dragged her into the club. Now it was too late to regret it. Everything was dark inside, except for a few red lights that seemed to be dancing on the stage. The chairs were still on the tables and some half naked girls were putting them down as they cleaned and put everything in their right place.

"I'm Ino, by the way. Let me introduce you to the staff."

Hinata wasn't quite sure why this girl was so enthusiastic about her arrival, but her attitude calmed her a little. Truth be told, the girl had been expecting a much more unpleasant environment. At least, she thought the other girls would be jealous and upset about her joining the club. Probably, she would soon realize her expectations hadn't been so wrong, but so far, that Ino girl was pretty nice and seemed to be sincere.

"This is Tenten" Ino pat Tenten's shoulder and the girl turned around to greet Hinata with a warm smile. "She's the cutest girl in here!" continued the blond "Seriously, she's very nice. Any time you need something, just ask her. Besides, she's an excellent dancer."

Tenten chuckled but didn't say anything; she just headed to the back of the stage, where the dressing rooms were.

"That over there…" Hinata looked where Ino was pointing at. There was another blond girl by the bar, talking to two boys. She seemed to have a vibrant personality and the way she talked to the boys, playfully and with a lot of confidence made Hinata wonder once more what on earth was she doing in that place. "That's Temari. She's awesome!" There was an obvious hint of jealousy in Ino's voice as she said those words. "She's been here for only six months or so and she has already made it to the stage"

"Ma… made it to the stage?" Hinata asked, shyly as usual.

"Oh, you don't know? Not all of us dance on the stage. Some are just waitresses."

"They don't like to dance?"

Ino chuckled.

"It's not that. Everybody starts waitressing and if they pass the auditions they can start performing. Only if they get a good amount of clients they continue, otherwise they go back to serving coffee, or beer, whatever."

"Auditions?"

"Yeah, every month they can audition, but they are very picky when it comes to who dances on the stage and who does not! But don't worry! I'm sure you'll make it after a couple of months. I mean, I don't think you'll be like Karin" she pointed at a red headed girl with glasses who was cleaning up the tables, along with other girls. "She's been here for centuries and has never made it to the stage. What a looser!"

Hinata felt a huge relief when she heard that. At least the first two months she would have to do nothing but serve some people their drinks. It didn't sound so bad. Maybe, she would turn out to be like Karin after all, and she would stay as a waitress forever. Maybe that was better than getting naked in front of a bunch of strange men.

"Now, let me introduce you to the guys!" Ino added elbowing Hinata on the ribs, playfully. "Those two, there with Temari, are Shikamaru and Chouji"

Once Temari was gone, both girls approached the bar and said hello to the boys. Chouji was fat and awkward, and when he saw Hinata coming he froze.

"Wake up, idiot!" Ino shook the other, who was falling asleep on his seat, to wake him up. He opened his eyes and looked around, disoriented. "This lazy bastard is Shikamaru. They are our barmen."

Hinata said 'hi' and Shikamaru made a gesture with his head, going back to sleep immediately. Chouji was still in mute.

"Let's continue" Ino pulled Hinata by her arm and dragged her again, this time to a group of man that didn't look at all friendly. They watched them from what Hinata thought was a safe distance, as Ino told her about each one of them. "Those are the guards. They watch the entrance and sometimes they put order in here too… when it gets dangerous."

Hinata was horrified. If four scary man had to take care of one little club she could not imagine what sort of danger they were exposed to. One of them was especially frightening. His whole face was tattooed with something that from afar looked like scales. He had so many tattoos that his entire face was blue.

"The blue guy…" As if Ino had been reading Hinata's mind, she pointed the tattooed man. "He has a weird obsession with sharks. He's crazy but you'll see he's not such a bad guy. His name is Kizame. The blond dreamy guy next to him, that's Deidara, and he's gorgeous! The only problem with him is that he loves to make bombs" She chuckled. Hinata's eyes popped open with horror. That red headed dude has some personality problems so be careful with him. One minute he's the nicest guy and the next he's a total psycho! There's definitely something wrong with Juugo. And the last one… he might seem normal but he's the craziest of them all. I really hate him! He's been here for no more than a year and he has already got himself into so many problems. I mean, they keep him because he's one hell of a guard, but once a drunk guy tried to take advantage of one the girls and he almost beat him to death! Besides he's really mean, so you don't wanna interact with him."

"Wha… what's his name?"

"Hidan, but you can call him asshole because that suits him better." Ino sighed and moved on onto the next person… but all Hinata got to see was a door. "In that office you'll find the treasurer. He's a greedy old man who's obsessed with money and is capable of doing anything just for one extra penny. You don't want to mess with him, either." Another sigh. "That guy over there, drinking the juice, is Suigetsu, Karin's bodyguard…"

"She has a bodyguard?"

"We all do! Look, this place is really famous. So are we and the people who come here… well, they are not the most polite people. They get really aggressive sometimes, they think they have the right to do whatever they want with us and sometimes they develop unhealthy obsessions and it gets pretty dangerous. Let's face it, only sad, lonely men come to this place so we have to be very careful. It's a good thing that we are making a lot of money now and we can afford to have personal bodyguards, even when 'Mister Greedy' wasn't very happy about it at first. You can't imagine all the tragedies that some of the girls went through at the beginning."

Hinata was literally about to cry.

"That girl, with blue hair is Konan. We call her the Angel and her bodyguard is her boyfriend, Pain." Hinata looked at them. They also looked scary, although they made a cute couple.

"My bodyguard is that one, sitting by the door" the blond said proudly, pointing at a lonely guy with black hair and pale skin. "His name is Sasuke and he's the strongest guy in here. He's perfect! Handsome, intelligent and so quiet! Nobody knows what's in his mind. He was assigned to me because I'm the most popular of the dancers so I needed the best bodyguard. I hope one day he'll fall in love with me"

Ino stood there for a couple of seconds contemplating Sasuke with something close to devotion in her eyes, until she got herself distracted.

"Hey look!" as if nothing had happened, Ino showed Hinata a picture of the entire crew. The black haired girl looked at it closely. In spite of everything they seemed to be happy at least in that picture. All of them were there, expect for Temari, Hidan, and herself.

"Who are those?" Asked Hinata, pointing at two boys she had yet to meet.

"Rock Lee, that's Tenten's bodyguard and Sai, another bodyguard."

"And that girl?"

"Aw, that's Tayuya. She's not here anymore."

"Why not?"

"Because she's in prison" Ino explained, simply. "She was a great dancer but had a terrible attitude. Every time a guy touched her shoulder she broke an empty bottle on his head. She was sentenced with two years of prison after she killed the one guy who tried to rape her. We're better off without her anyway."

"Guys, the meeting will star now" Hinata was still in shock when a boy, who she recognized to be Rock Lee called them all. Everybody, including herself, followed him backstage to the dressing rooms.

"We have meetings now? The fuck is this? Coca Cola Company?"

Hinata tried not to drag too much attention when they met the one and only Mama Tsunade. She was a living legend in the striptease history. For Hinata she was just a random woman with surprisingly large breasts. But she had done a bit of research and found out that she was a very talented striptease in her twenties and an even more talented business woman now. The most incredible thing about her was that she was in her middle fifties and she still looked as if she was in her late twenties.

"I'm glad to see you all" said the woman when everybody had sat down. "I've got two great pieces of news for you! The first one, we have a new addition to our group. Hinata, can you come here please?"

Hinata blushed madly as she stood up and walked towards Tsunade. Everybody was looking at her and she only wanted to run away and hide.

"Everybody, say hello to Hinata" only a couple of people said hello, Ino included "She's a professional dancer so she's going to be great! Hinata, I told Ino to help you with everything you need. I'll assign you one of my boys to be your bodyguard, ok? And by bodyguard I mean slave" all the girls laughed "I'm kidding, but they will put your life before theirs if that's what it takes to keep you safe" Hinata nodded. "Go sit down"

The girl sat next to Ino, who whispered in her ear.

"I hope you don't get Hidan!"

"The second good news is that… someone else will be joining us tomorrow" everybody looked puzzled. "Tayuya! She was released earlier due to well behavior, can you believe that?"

As soon as Shikamaru heard that name he woke up completely. Tsunade had to be kidding. Tayuya was his ex girlfriend and he broke up with her four months ago when he started dating Temari. It had been horrible. He visited her once a month during a year and the last time he did it he told her he had fallen in love with someone else. Tayuya didn't take it so well. At least in that moment he knew she had to wait ten more months to be able to leave jail, but now, six months earlier, she was coming back. Good behavior wasn't something usual in Tayuya. Something told Shikamaru that she had gotten out of jail this soon to get her revenge.

"And she's going to work here?" Asked Tenten who didn't seem to be happy at all.

"Yes, she has nowhere else to go and she could use our help"

"That's just great!" Exclaimed Chouji, sarcastically.

"I'm glad that you're happy as well" Tsunade said back, returning the sarcasm. "Ok, before you leave, Hinata your bodyguard will be Sasuke from now on so…"

"WHAT!?" Ino almost had a heart attack. She stood up from her seat and gave Tsunade a furious look. "No way! Sasuke is my bodyguard! I'm the most popular girl in here. She hasn't even passed the audition yet!"

"Ino, relax! I'm doing this because I know how much potential Hinata has. I'm not stupid. And she doesn't need to audition; she'll start dancing straight away." Tsunade paused "Your bodyguard will be Sai, now, ok?"

"It's not ok! I can't believe she won't even audition! We all did!"

"She's a professional. Look Ino, you can cry if you want but I've made my mind so it's settled!"

Well, that's it! I hope you liked it! Please tell me what you think in the comments :D Thanx for reading!